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Letter of Support for the No Exemption for Washington from ObamaCare Act, S. 1497

As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your Senators and urge them to support the No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act, S.1497. Introduced by Senator David Vitter, this bill would stop Members of Congress, their staff and all executive branch employees from receiving any subsides beyond those that would be received by other citizens of the United States under ObamaCare.

Under Section 1312 of the Affordable Care Act, Congress and their staff were to be enrolled in health insurance exchange plans, just like every ordinary American, and would lose their existing privileged coverage in the popular and successful Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). But rather than accept the consequences of passing Obamacare, the political class of Washington, D.C., who passed the law that fewer than 40% of all Americans support, have decided to exempt themselves from Obamacare. And the most offensive fact is that they’ve received this special treatment without even transparent vote for the American people to see.

The President, acting with questionable legal authority through the federal Office of Personnel Management, has declared that members of Congress and their staff can effectively be exempt from the law. While they must still enroll in Obamacare’s exchanges, the President is allowing Congress to keep their gold-plated insurance subsidies that pay up to 75% of their premiums, thus shielding them from the rising costs resulting from the atrociously mistitled Affordable Care Act. And this is all courtesy of your tax dollars.

Due to Obamacare, many private employers have ceased to offer their group or company-self-paid insurance, and so employees have to find their own health insurance on the individual market in the exchanges. No other employer in America gets to help pay for its employees' coverage on the exchanges. Congress should not get special treatment.

These closed-door, secretive, Washington-insider tactics are unacceptable and unjust. For a civil society to remain free, those who write the laws must also be subject to them. Thus, I urge you to contact your Senators today and urge them to support S. 1497, the No Exemption for Washington from ObamaCare Act, and to co-sponsor the bill if they have not already done so.

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I sent a letter to my Missouri Congressmen and Congresswoman stating their health insurance should be Obamacare versus the existing congressional health insurance. My Congressfolks are Claire McCaskill, Roy Blunt and Blaine Luetkemeyer. Their form letter reply was basically that just like a corporation that has health insurance for the salaried employees they are staying on the insurance they have. I take issue with that logic...

1. I work for a corporation with salaried health insurance. My insurance has changed over the past couple of years due to the passage of Obamacare. Most importantly the cost of my health insurance. As a tax payer am I now also paying more for my Congressperson's health insurance due to Obamacare?

2. The corporation I work for is not financially broke, head over heals in debt. So my company can still provide health insurance though it is getting more difficult every year since Obamacare became law due to rising health insurance costs. My Country however is broke so I insist that all of Congress enroll in Obamacare ASAP since those I elected have told me it is cheap and costs should cost less than their current plan. My company is required to pay a tax of $63 per employee into Obamacare even though my company is not in Obamacare. I am paying for Congressional healthcare with every purchase and taxes on my income. Please enroll at the exchanges as soon as possible or you'll be fired.

3. This healthcare debate has gone on forever and came to a head with Hillarycare. So all retired politicians should also immediately enroll in the Obamacare exchanges.

I did not vote for it. They did and should stand on principle, live it, and love it.

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The Senate didn't waste any time when it convened at the beginning of the 115th Congress. The chamber moved quickly on a motion to proceed on the FY 2017 budget regulation, S.Con.Res. 3, which begins the process of repealing ObamaCare. The resolution directs two Senate committees -- Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions -- and two House committees -- Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce -- to begin work on repeal legislation through budget reconciliation.

Following reports that President-elect Donald Trump has named House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, FreedomWorks CEO Adam Brandon commented:

The Obamacare law passed by Congress was huge, nearly 1,000 pages long. But that was just the start; the law was followed by a flood of new federal regulations. By one calculation, for every one word in the Obamacare legislation, there have been 30 words-worth of regulations issued. This wave of regulation has resulted in ever higher premium costs.

Americans are furious with the overt corruption and incompetence of our politicians and government. Throughout recent years, most Americans have experienced stagnate wages. Our morbid, economic growth is dangerously lower than historical averages. Our unemployed and underemployed are much greater than reported. ObamaCare has caused thousands of people to lose insurance and doctors. Health insurance premiums are skyrocketing. ObamaCare stifles employment.